Course

10607158 Survey 3
Course Information
Description
Advanced concepts and procedures building on knowledge and skills attained in previous surveying classes. Concepts include geodetic applications, spatial reference systems, equipment adjustment, digital data collection and photogrammetry. Fieldwork includes total station calibration, control leveling, control network establishment and digital topographic data collection.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies (Course Outcomes)
  1. Apply instrument checks and calibration
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Describe condition for equipment testing
    Check an automatic level
    Perform an automatic level collimation
    Perform a standard checks of a total station instrument (TSI)

  2. Calculate within formal coordinate systems
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Objective Test
    Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Describe the three earth models
    Identify the formal coordinate systems in Wisconsin
    Use the internet to locate control data
    Perform ground-grid and grid-ground data computations

  3. Employ control surveys for construction and mapping
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product
    Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Distinguish between a standard and a specification
    Describe the three orders of survey accuracy
    Execute a third order vertical control network
    Adjust the vertical control network using least squares
    Execute a third order horizontal control network
    Adjust the horizontal control network using least squares

  4. Draw digital maps from field data
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product
    Criteria
    Describe field data collection procedures
    Use a total station with data collector to collect field data
    Transfer data from the data collector to a desktop software environment
    Construct a clean digital terrain model

  5. Operate GPS for Digital Mapping
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product
    Project
    Criteria
    Describe the operational aspects of RTK-GPS
    Use RTK-GPS to collect DTM data
    Integrate RTK-GPS data with conventional survey data in a DTM